Murakami at MOCA

Artist Takashi Murakami at his exhibition “© Murakami,” which opens Oct. 29 at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 3:58 AM PT

Murakami with “kaikai and kiki,” wallpaper in the background, at his exhibition at MOCA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Murakami with a piece titled “DOB in the strange forest” at his exhibition at MOCA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Murakami with a piece titled “Flower Matango” at his exhibition at MOCA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Murakami’s flower ball painting and flower wallpaper at his exhibition at MOCA. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Murakami’s Kaikai and Kiki flank Time Bokan-black at his exhibition at MOCA. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

Murakami’s “The Buddha Oval,” a two-headed being who sits posed like a Buddha atop a lotus leaf. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

A fully operational, fully staffed Louis Vuitton boutique, with merchandise designed by Murakami, sits above the show. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

A fully operational, fully staffed Louis Vuitton boutique with merchandise designed by Murakami sits above the exhibition. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)